[CMake] Why not a GetCleanTargetName?

Alexander Neundorf a.neundorf-work at gmx.net
Wed Aug 8 14:26:26 EDT 2007


On Friday 03 August 2007 20:00, Miguel A. Figueroa-Villanueva wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Why isn't there the following in cmGlobalGenerator.h :
>
>   virtual const char* GetCleanTargetName()          { return 0; }
>
> and the following in cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h :
>
>   virtual const char* GetCleanTargetName()          { return "clean"; }
>
> The reason I ask is because I needed for the Eclipse generator code.
> If there is a better way to do what I describe below, please let me
> know?

For makefile generators the name of the clean target is always "clean", and 
currently the extra generators support only makefile generators, so you can 
rely on this.

Alex


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